javax.faces.convert
Class EnumConverter

java.lang.Object
  javax.faces.convert.EnumConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

StateHolder, Converter

public class EnumConverter
extends Object
implements Converter, StateHolder

Converter implementation for java.lang.Enum (and enum primitive) values.

Since:

1.2

Field Summary

static String	CONVERTER_ID The standard converter id for this converter.
static String	ENUM_ID The message identifier of the FacesMessage to be created if the conversion to Enum fails.
static String	ENUM_NO_CLASS_ID The message identifier of the FacesMessage to be created if the conversion to Enum fails and no target class has been provided.

Constructor Summary

EnumConverter()

EnumConverter(Class targetClass)

Method Summary

Object	getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) Convert the argument value to one of the enum constants of the class provided in our constructor.
String	getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) Convert the enum constant given by the value argument into a String.
boolean	isTransient() If true, the Object implementing this interface must not participate in state saving or restoring.
void	restoreState(FacesContext facesContext, Object object) Perform any processing required to restore the state from the entries in the state Object.
Object	saveState(FacesContext facesContext) Gets the state of the instance as a Serializable Object.
void	setTransient(boolean b) Denotes whether or not the Object implementing this interface must or must not participate in state saving or restoring.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CONVERTER_ID

public static final String CONVERTER_ID

The standard converter id for this converter.

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Constant Field Values

ENUM_ID

public static final String ENUM_ID

The message identifier of the FacesMessage to be created if the conversion to Enum fails. The message format string for this message may optionally include the following placeholders:

• {0} replaced by the unconverted value.
• {1} replaced by one of the enum constants or the empty string if none can be found.
• {2} replaced by a String whose value is the label of the input component that produced this message.

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Constant Field Values

ENUM_NO_CLASS_ID

public static final String ENUM_NO_CLASS_ID

The message identifier of the FacesMessage to be created if the conversion to Enum fails and no target class has been provided. The message format string for this message may optionally include the following placeholders:

• {0} replaced by the unconverted value.
• {1} replaced by a String whose value is the label of the input component that produced this message.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EnumConverter

public EnumConverter()

EnumConverter

public EnumConverter(Class targetClass)

Method Detail

getAsObject

public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context,
                          UIComponent component,
                          String value)

Convert the argument value to one of the enum constants of the class provided in our constructor. If a target class argument has been provided to the constructor for this instance, call its getEnumConstants() method. For each element in the list of constants, call toString() and compare the string with the argument value. If they are equal, return the current element as the Object value. If none of the elements yield a match in this manner, or the length of the list returned from getEnumConstants() is zero, throw a ConverterException containing the ENUM_ID message with proper parameters. If no target class argument has been provided to the constructor of this instance, throw a ConverterException containing the ENUM_NO_CLASS_ID message with proper parameters.

Specified by:

getAsObject in interface Converter

Parameters:

context - the FacesContext for this request.

component - the UIComponent to which this value will be applied.

value - the String value to be converted to Object.

Returns:

null if the value to convert is null, otherwise the result of the conversion

Throws:

ConverterException - if conversion cannot be successfully performed

NullPointerException - if context or component is null

getAsString

public String getAsString(FacesContext context,
                          UIComponent component,
                          Object value)

Convert the enum constant given by the value argument into a String. If a target class argument has been provided to the constructor for this instance, call its getEnumConstants() method. For each element in the list of constants, test for equality between the current element and the argument value. If they are equal, call toString() on the current element and return it. If none of the elements yield a match in this manner, or the length of the list returned from getEnumConstants() is zero, simply call toString() on the argument value and return it.

Specified by:

getAsString in interface Converter

Parameters:

context - FacesContext for the request being processed

component - UIComponent with which this model object value is associated

value - Model object value to be converted (may be null)

Returns:

a zero-length String if value is null, otherwise the result of the conversion

Throws:

ConverterException - if conversion cannot be successfully performed

NullPointerException - if context or component is null

restoreState

public void restoreState(FacesContext facesContext,
                         Object object)

Description copied from interface: StateHolder

Perform any processing required to restore the state from the entries in the state Object.

If the class that implements this interface has references to instances that also implement StateHolder (such as a UIComponent with event handlers, validators, etc.) this method must call the StateHolder.restoreState(javax.faces.context.FacesContext, java.lang.Object) method on all those instances as well.

Specified by:

restoreState in interface StateHolder

saveState

public Object saveState(FacesContext facesContext)

Description copied from interface: StateHolder

Gets the state of the instance as a Serializable Object.

If the class that implements this interface has references to instances that implement StateHolder (such as a UIComponent with event handlers, validators, etc.) this method must call the StateHolder.saveState(javax.faces.context.FacesContext) method on all those instances as well. This method must not save the state of children and facets. That is done via the StateManager

This method must not alter the state of the implementing object. In other words, after executing this code:

 Object state = component.saveState(facesContext);
 

component should be the same as before executing it.

The return from this method must be Serializable

Specified by:

saveState in interface StateHolder

setTransient

public void setTransient(boolean b)

Description copied from interface: StateHolder

Denotes whether or not the Object implementing this interface must or must not participate in state saving or restoring.

Specified by:

setTransient in interface StateHolder

Parameters:

b - boolean pass true if this Object will participate in state saving or restoring, otherwise pass false.

isTransient

public boolean isTransient()

Description copied from interface: StateHolder

If true, the Object implementing this interface must not participate in state saving or restoring.

Specified by:

isTransient in interface StateHolder